I must admit that I was a little surprised to see that Notre Dame had indeed played the Cincinnati Bearcats once before, and even more surprised to see that the match-up was in 1900. Here’s a little history about the Fighting Irish and the Bearcats.
- Notre Dame played Cincinnati on October 26th, 1900. The Irish prevailed in the meeting by a score of 58-0.
- Cincinnati has an overall record of 639-592-50 (.518), and Notre Dame has an overall record of 922-329-42 (.729).
- Cincinnati has zero National Championships, to Notre Dame’s 11.